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'''Operation May Day''' was a series of [[entomological warfare]] (EW) tests conducted by the [[U.S. military]] in Savannah, Georgia in 1956. |
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'''Operation May Day''' was a series of [[entomological warfare]] (EW) tests conducted by the [[U.S. military]] in Savannah, Georgia, in 1956. |
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==Operation== |
==Operation== |
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Operation May Day involved a series of EW tests from April to November 1956. The tests were designed to reveal information about the dispersal of [[yellow fever mosquito]]es in an urban area. The mosquitoes were released from ground level in [[Savannah, Georgia]] and then recovered using traps baited with [[dry ice]]. The operation was detailed in partially declassified [[U.S. Army]] report in 1981.<ref name=rose>Rose, William H. "[http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/mosquito1.html An Evaluation of Entomological Warfare as |
Operation May Day involved a series of EW tests from April to November 1956. The tests were designed to reveal information about the dispersal of [[yellow fever mosquito]]es in an urban area. The mosquitoes were released from ground level in [[Savannah, Georgia]], and then recovered using traps baited with [[dry ice]]. The operation was detailed in a partially declassified [[U.S. Army]] report in 1981.<ref name=rose>Rose, William H. "[http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/mosquito1.html An Evaluation of Entomological Warfare as a Potential Danger to the United States and European NATO Nations]", U.S. Army Test and Evaluation Command, [[Dugway Proving Ground]], March 1981, via ''[[thesmokinggun.com]]'', accessed December 25, 2008.</ref> |
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Latest revision as of 21:50, 4 December 2023
Operation May Day was a series of entomological warfare (EW) tests conducted by the U.S. military in Savannah, Georgia, in 1956.
Operation
[edit]Operation May Day involved a series of EW tests from April to November 1956. The tests were designed to reveal information about the dispersal of yellow fever mosquitoes in an urban area. The mosquitoes were released from ground level in Savannah, Georgia, and then recovered using traps baited with dry ice. The operation was detailed in a partially declassified U.S. Army report in 1981.[1]
See also
[edit]- Human experimentation in the United States
- Operation Big Buzz
- Operation Big Itch
- Operation Drop Kick
References
[edit]- ^ Rose, William H. "An Evaluation of Entomological Warfare as a Potential Danger to the United States and European NATO Nations", U.S. Army Test and Evaluation Command, Dugway Proving Ground, March 1981, via thesmokinggun.com, accessed December 25, 2008.